Geographical Description of Kodiak, Alaska Customs Port of Entry

Background

Section 123 of the Treasury and General Appropriations Act, 1998 (Pub. L. 105-61 of October 10, 1997) provides that the Secretary of the Treasury shall establish the port of Kodiak, Alaska, as a port of entry. In a document published as T. D. 98-24 in the Federal Register (63 FR 12994) on March 17, 1998, Customs amended its regulations to designate Kodiak as a port of entry. That document described the port limits of Kodiak as the Kodiak city limits. Since that publication, it has come to Customs attention that the port limits of Kodiak encompass more than the city limits. The port limits encompass both the Womens Bay port facilities and the Kodiak State Airport. This document sets forth the accurate port limits of Kodiak, Alaska.

Port Limits

The port limits of Kodiak, Alaska are the Kodiak city limits; the adjacent Womens Bay port facilities located approximately 7 miles from downtown Kodiak on Rezanof Drive West which is a state highway; and the Kodiak State Airport located approximately 4.5 miles from downtown Kodiak and 3 miles from the south boundary of the City of Kodiak corporate boundary on the Rezanof Drive West which is a state highway. The Womens Bay port facilities parcel is 5 miles from the south boundary of the corporate city limits of the City of Kodiak. The site includes tidelands and the adjacent

uplands of Womens Bay and is generally located in Section 21, Township 28 South, Range 20 West, Seward Meridian according to the USGS 1:63360 scale quadrangle maps of Kodiak (C-2 and D-2) Alaska. The Kodiak State Airport site includes the developed and undeveloped lands and is generally located within Section 15, Township 28 South, Range 20 West, Seward Meridian according to the USGS 1:63360 scale quadrangle map of Kodiak (D-2) Alaska.

Inapplicability of Public Notice and Comment and Delayed Effective Date

Because this document relates to agency organization and management and merely corrects the geographical description of a port, the establishment of which was directed by Congress, it is not subject to the notice and public procedure requirements of 5 U.S.C. 553. For the same reasons, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), a delayed effective date is not required.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

Because this document is not subject to the notice and public procedure requirements of 5 U.S.C. 553, it is not subject to the provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.).

Executive Order 12866

Agency organization matters such as this are exempt from consideration under Executive Order 12866.

List of Subjects in Part 101

Customs duties and inspection, Customs ports of entry, Exports, Foreign trade, Harbors, Imports, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Shipments, Vessels.

Amendments to the Regulations

For the reasons set forth in the preamble, Part 101 of the Customs Regulations is amended as follows:

PART 101-GENERAL PROVISIONS

1. The general authority citation for part 101 and the specific authority citation for Secs. 101.3 and 101.4 continue to read as follows:

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C. 2, 66, 1202 (General Note 20, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States), 1623, 1624. * * * * * Sections 101.3 and 101.4 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1 and 58b; * * * * *

Sec. 101.3 [Amended]

2. Section 101.3(b)(1) is amended by removing the reference ``T.D. 98-24'' in the ``Limits of port'' column adjacent to the entry for ``Kodiak'' in the ``Ports of entry'' column under Alaska and adding in its place the reference ``T.D. 98-65.''

Dated: June 10, 1998. Samuel H. Banks, Acting Commissioner of Customs. John P. Simpson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. [FR Doc. 98-20455 Filed 7-30-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4820-02-P